Undergarment



July 12,1932.

M. PQLSKY UNDERGARMENT Filed Agg. 29, 1951 ATTORNEY Patented July l2,1932 arras MICHAEL PoLsKY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK i UNDERGARMET nApplication filed'August 29,V 1931. Serial No. 560,118.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel attachment forshoulder straps of undergarments in order to reduce the time and laborrequired in the present attachment and to improve the appearance.

of the garment by eliminating stitches at the front or exposed facethereof, which stitches have customarily been employed to secure thestrap ends to the upper customarily hemstitched folded margin or upperhem.

In the method customarily employed, the upper hem is formed by foldingdown the upper margin of the garment rearwardly and with the edgeinturned. The end of the shoulder strap is slipped under the hem thusformed and the garment is then run through the hemstitching machine sothat the hemstitching secures down the edge of the hem and the needlespass through the shoulder strap. The shoulder strap is then broughtupwardly to cross the hem at its under face and is stitched down,thefneedles of course, passing through the hem and the stitches showingon the outer face of the garment. Not oniy is this method objectionablebecause of the exposed stitches at the ornamental upper margin of thegarment but inasmuch as the hemstitching needles must 'pass through theshoulder strap, comprising a folded piece of material in addition to thegarment fabric itself, the needles are frequently broken, thus placingthe machine temporarily out of action and slowing up production. Theresent construction avoids both of the stated difficulties.

The invention will be described with ref-` erence to the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure l is a View in elevation of the upperV portionof a garment constructed in accord- Vance with the invention.

trated, comprises a body portion l, an upper finished edge or-hem 2.below which is the hemstitching 8, the garment having applied thereto ashoulder strap 4L.V

In securing the shoulder straps, I first stitch the ends of the shoulderstrap 4 to the outer face ofthe garment at the upper margin thereof asshown in Figure 2, the stitching being indi-cated at 5.

In the next step, I turn the upper margin over from the position shownin Figure 2 to the position shown in Figure 4. In this operation theupper edge l of the garment has been turned within the hem 2togetherwith the end of the strap.

The final operationis to run the hemA through a hemstitching machine sothat the securing threads of the machine will catch the lower portionofthe hem and sew it down to the body of the garment and in suchoperation will catch the strap at its fold and will likewisesecure itdown to the body of the garment as illustrated in Figure 5.

Again referring to Figure l, it will be seen by the construction aboverecited, the outer portion of the garment shows no stitching at the lineof attachment `of the-shoulder strap ends and the appearance of thegarment is greatly improved over that commonly constructed. Furthermore,the fold of the lower end of the strap lies immediately above theapertures of the hemstitching being caught only by the upper securingthreads of the hemstitching so that the hemstitching appears uniform.When the hemstitching is completed the garment is nished so far as theupper portion and straps are concerned,

whereas, in the former method, it was necesv sary to employ skilledoperators in order to neatly stitch the straps to the upper hem inasmuchas the threads of the sewing machine passed through toy the exposed faceof the garment. According to vthe present method, the initial stitchingdown of the shoulder strap ends may be done very rapidly by unskilledoperators prior to the finishing of the garment by hemstitching.

HavingV described my invention, what I claimV and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is as follows- A garment compreng a body portion andvlan upper marginal hem, shoulder straps secured to the outer face ontthe garment material at its upper edge, by lines of stitching, the endof each strap with the upper edge of the garment being turned under thehem, at the rear of the garment forming five-plies and a line ofhemstitching securing said hem and each strap tothe body of the garment.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speocation. Y

MICHAEL POLSKY.

